Yank Blog

As ABN mentioned in a previous comment, this is posted on WeirdAl.com:

The Australia/New Zealand leg of the “Straight Outta Lynwood” tour just wrapped up, and it was an overwhelming success. Thanks to everybody who came to the shows! Our North American tour starts in early May, so be sure to check our Tour page to find a venue near you (many more dates to be added)!

And now for a special bonus:

Special Offer on Official Australia/NZ Tour Merch:
To all our fans in Australia and New Zealand who attended shows where merch was sold out, or who were unable to buy for any other reason, and to the rest of our fans internationally who might like to own a little piece of Weird Al history from down under, for a VERY limited time the merch from this tour is being made available through our merch partner in Australia. For more info or to order, click here.

Important news for anyone planning on going to the Denver, CO show on August 31st.
According to the official tour page, the show will now be held at the Coors Amphitheatre.

For those curious, the Rocky Mountain News says that there were conflicts with Cirque Du Soleil and the upcoming Democratic National Convention in 2008.

New tour dates all over the place!

June 25 Sault Ste. Marie, MI Kewadin Casino
June 29 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion
June 30 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theatre
July 11 Lansing, MI Common Ground Festival
Aug 10 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center
Aug 11 Beverly, MA North Shore Music Theatre
Aug 12 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Oct 6 Yakima, WA Central Washington State Fair
Oct 10 Perris, CA Southern California Fai
Oct 11 Fresno, CA The Big Fresno Fair
Oct 16 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair

YAY NEW JERSEY!

All right! Get ready for eleven minutes of animated goodness courtesy of Doug Bresler from Doogtoons.com

New tour dates have been posted to WeirdAl.com!

June 13 San Diego, CA San Diego County Fair
June 16 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor
June 22 West Fargo, ND Red River Valley Fair
June 23 Ft. Yates, ND Prairie Knights Casino
Aug 28 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall

Check out these pics from the Sydney show on March 12th.

Nice pic with Al there.

(Thanks to JEDM for the link)

Anybody else got concert pix to share?

According to Celebrity Dog Watcher, check out this week’s edition of In Touch Weekly for the ‘Stars and their Pets’ section.  The featured celeb is Weird Al with Bela the poodle and Bo the cockatiel.

All right! Check out the featured Artist on Artist interview over on MySpace.

Purveyors of the peculiar, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Seth Green make for great friends. In this exclusive interview, the pair discuss the video Seth’s Robot Chicken team made for Al’s new song, “Weasel Stomping Day.” Both artists then confess their admiration for Dave Grohl, Seth remembers fondly his bizarre non-feud with Christian Slater, and the duo concludes that James Blunt’s record company has no sense of humor.

Well, we didn’t win the Bloggies award for Best Music this year. And I already spent the prize money. Yikes! Looks like I’m got some loan sharks to pay back soon.  Ah well, better luck next year.

In the mean time, here’s a couple Australian interviews to appease your undying thirst for more Al info:

• a nice audio interview at 774 ABC Melbourne with Jon Faine and Marieke Hardy
• from the New Zealand Herald, Weird Al is still weird and white and nerdy

Weird Al will be on the Australian television show “Spicks and Specks” at 8:30 PM on ABC-TV this Wednesday. According to some fans who attended the taping and this article, it sounds like it’s gonna be a great show!

On this Wednesday’s episode, Yankovic will perform the water-wise ode One Crowded Shower to the tune of Melbourne band Augie March’s hit song, One Crowded Hour.

Yankovic must have enjoyed it - his manager said that he’d never seen the star so talkative and loud in an interview or show.